What Is Our Authority?

This sermon is based on Matthew 8:5-13. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A SERIES OVERVIEW: You get one shot at it. There are no redo’s, mulligans or second chances. There’s just this one. And your job is not only to make it good, but to make it great. After all, there is nothing more important. This is what life is all about. So, here’s the question: You have roughly 28,835 days in your life. How are you going to shape yours into a life worth living?

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Aesop in the Face

Every once in a while, Aesop across the face is exactly what we need. Today, it comes from a colony of mice. Apparently, after months of fun and games and pilfering, a new cat had come on the scene. And that was a problem. Every day now, the cat would sneak up on a second cousin and hickory, dickory, dock, another mouse no longer needed a clock. The mice decided they needed to do something or face extermination. And so, they called a colony-wide meeting, and every tail showed up. Several mice explained the problem in colorful detail. but no mouse in the house had a solution. Then, a young rodent stepped forward with a brilliant plan. “Given that any mouse with a bit of a head start can outrun a cat,” he said, “all we need is a warning that the cat is approaching. So, let’s attach a bell

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What Is Worth Hoping For?

This sermon is based on Proverbs 3:1-6. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A SERIES OVERVIEW: You get one shot at it. There are no redo’s, mulligans or second chances. There’s just this one. And your job is not only to make it good, but to make it great. After all, there is nothing more important. This is what life is all about. So, here’s the question: You have roughly 28,835 days in your life. How are you going to shape yours into a life worth living?

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Stop! In the Name of Love

Let’s have a quiz. Fill in the blank with the missing word in the song title and, then, for the bonus, fill in the blank with the missing word to discover our topic for today. Who Will _____ The Rain? – Creedence Clearwater Revival I Can’t _____ Loving You – Jim Reeves Don’t ______ Me Now – Queen Don’t ______ Believin’ – Journey Don’t _____ -- Fleetwood Mac Can’t _____ -- Red Hot Chili Peppers Bonus: How Do We ____ Getting in the Box? Bonus Bonus: ____ right now and give yourself a bonus point if you know all six songs. So far in this series, we’ve been overrun by bad news. We have examined our posturing from the moment we betray ourselves, and it has been ugly. As soon as we refuse to love our neighbor and to put their interests above our own (Phil. 2:3-4), even though we

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What Is the Best Life?

This sermon is based on Galatians 6:13-14. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A SERIES OVERVIEW: You get one shot at it. There are no redo’s, mulligans or second chances. There’s just this one. And your job is not only to make it good, but to make it great. After all, there is nothing more important. This is what life is all about. So, here’s the question: You have roughly 28,835 days in your life. How are you going to shape yours into a life worth living?

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How Far Would You Go to Win?

Hockey superstitions, you’ve got to love them! Every year, the same thing happens. The two teams that won their conferences are presented their championship trophies (basically, this makes them semi-final winners). They will now go on and play in the finals for the Stanley Cup. But no one or either team will come close to touching those trophies. It is a hockey fact that if you touch it (the lesser trophy), you will never get to touch the Stanley Cup. You can get a team picture with it, but you can’t touch it. Now, if you look at that team photo, you will also notice another superstition—playoff beards. Shaving during the playoffs is bad luck. Looking scruffy during the playoffs apparently isn’t. But superstitions are not just for the playoffs. Lots of players have superstitions about their sticks. Wayne Gretzky wouldn’t let anyone touch his stick after he had taped

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What Is Worth Wanting?

This sermon is based on Matthew 13:44-46. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A SERIES OVERVIEW: You get one shot at it. There are no redo’s, mulligans or second chances. There’s just this one. And your job is not only to make it good, but to make it great. After all, there is nothing more important. This is what life is all about. So, here’s the question: You have roughly 28,835 days in your life. How are you going to shape yours into a life worth living?

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From Bad to Worse in Ratland

In the 1950’s, the Dayak people in Borneo had a problem. They were experiencing a terrible outbreak of malaria. The World Health Organization decided to help. After assessing the situation, they came up with a plan. To stop the spread of malaria, they needed to stop the mosquitoes. And the way to do that was to spray the area with DDT. And it worked! Soon, dead mosquitoes littered the ground. Now, this was particularly good news for the resident gecko population who loved to munch on a meal of mosquitoes, especially when they didn’t even have to work for their dinner. Mosquitoes were everywhere. Unfortunately, the geckos didn’t realize these mosquitoes were being served with extra zip. As a result, after eating a few mosquitoes, the geckos began to stagger around like they were drunk (they were actually poisoned, but let’s not kill the mood along with the mosquitoes). Now,

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